Toy telephone



Sept. 11, 1923. 1,467,326

' r J. KELLEY I v TOY TELEPHONE Filed Aug. 12, 1922 Patented Sept. 11, 1923.

PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES KELLEY, or. new YORK, N. Y.

TOY TELEPHONE.

Application filed August 12, 1922. Serial No. 581,345.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES KELLEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Toy Telephones; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings and the characters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which said drawings constitute part of this application, and represent, in-

Fig. 1 a rear view of a toy telephone constructed in accordance with my invention.

F ig. 2 a side view, partly in section, of the transmitter-member mounted on the top of a standard. u p Fig. 3 a transverse sectional view of the same.

Fig. 4 a plan view, partly in section, of the transmitter-shell detached. 1 Fig. 5 a plan view, partly in section, of the mouthpiece-member of the transmitter, 25 detached.

This invention relates to improvement in toy telephones, and particularly to telephones which include a transmitter and re ceiver, both of which are provided with flexible disks which are connected by a cord over which sound is transmitted from one to the other. The object of this invention is to provide each of the members with a chamber in which the disk is mounted and in which the vibrations of the disks or diaphragms will be amplified. A further ob ject of the invention is to provide means for mounting the transmitter on a stand, and the invention consists in the construction as hereinafter described and particularly recited inthe claims. I

In carrying out my invention, I mount a disk or diaphragm 10, formed of any suit able material, in a cup-shaped member 11, having a central opening 12, in which a mouthpiece 13 is mounted. The other member is a shell 14, the inner edge 15 of which is rounded and enters a flange 16 of they member 11, so as to fit tightly therein and bear upon and hold the diaphragm 10 in place. In the bottom of the shell 14 is a comparatively large opening 17, through which a cord 18, passing through the diaphragm 10, may extend to the correspond ing diaphragm of another device. The enlarged chamber formed between the mem bers 11 and 14 provides an amplifying chamber, so that vibrations of the diaphragm, or rather, the sound of the voice against the diaphragm, will be amplified, so as to be transmitted by the cord 18.

To simulate the appearance of a desk telephone, one of the members 14 will be formed in itsrear face with a slot 19, through which the end 20 of an arm 21 may extend, this end 20 being turned at a right angle to the arm 21 and soldered, or otherwise secured, to the inner face of the member 14. This arm 21 is pivotally connected with a shank 22 mounted in the upper end of a standard 23, provided with a suitable base 24 on which is mounted a clamp 25 having a forked end 26, by which the other member or receiver 01 the telephone may be sus pended when not in use.

Iclaim:

A toy telephone comprising a cup-shaped member having a central opening, and a mouthpiece mounted therein, a diaphragm located in said member, adjacent to the inner end of said mouthpiece, and a cupshaped shell entered into and connected with said cup-member, said shell formed with a rounded, inner edge, upon which the diaphragm rests and formed with a clearanoe opening, and a cord connected with said diaphragm extending through said opening.

In testimony whereof, I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JAMES KELLEY.

WVitnesses:

JOHN F SULLIVAN, ALFRED E. GOLDBERG. 

